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does election coverage have you stressed out then escaped into snapchat world lenses snapchat has a brand new augmented reality effect that animates the world around you instead of just your face the update first arrives to the iOS app and it overlays different animations in your environment you'll see different things depending on where you point the camera you may find some floating hearts or delightful falling snow wait what's that dude up there or maybe you want to find some tranquility with nice fluffy happy clouds oh my some of the elements are also interactive like a flashlight you have to tap to turn on and off but that's not all in this update you can press and hold on a snap to forward it to other users and the app also comes with support for spectacles the company sunglasses with a built-in video camera for shooting hands-free snaps from your point of view the option to pair your spectacles is now in the settings menu but there's no word yet on when or how you can actually buy the glasses I'm Bridget Gary stay up to date with the biggest tech news at cnet com / update